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AntiFragile (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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On The Hunt (2023)
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Black/death metal act from the Albany, New York area, blending corrosive blackened riffing with death metal brutality since 2015.
Los Angeles death metal project active around 2015, brief and unsigned, leaving no recorded output before splitting up.
San Antonio black/death metal band formed in 2025, a newly emerged Texas act fusing the corrosive rawness of black metal with death metal ferocity.
Brutal death metal band active since 2012, named after a Defeated Sanity track, dealing in gore-soaked extremity and relentless violence.
Michigan death/grind unit from White Lake, active briefly around 2022 before splitting up, channeling scatological grindcore aggression into short, brutal bursts.
Ohio heavy metal band whose lone demo surfaced in 1989 before the group quietly dissolved, leaving behind a cassette-only snapshot of late-80s underground metal.
Elgin, Illinois thrash/groove metal band exploring themes of humanity and society through a heavy, metaphor-driven lens.
Charlotte, North Carolina melodic death/groove metal band, blending the hook-driven aggression of melodic death metal with the stomping weight of groove.
One-person symphonic post-black metal project from Bangor, Maine, active since 2018, layering orchestral ambition over atmospheric black metal foundations.
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